ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the case study of late-nineteenth-century psychopathologist's record. Cesare Romano revisits Dora's clinical case in light of Freud's own seduction theory. Freud saw Dora for the first time before 30 June 1898. During this first encounter, which had no follow-up, Freud only had the opportunity to gather a little information from her father, who accompanied her. In September 1898, he was treating a young hysteric, a twenty-five year old patient who had suffered from enuresis at the age of seven. Dora's father had unashamedly lied about the nature of his relationship with Frau K. He described this erotic relationship as a sincere friendship between two poor creatures suffering from a nervous condition who would simply offer each other mutual sympathy. When Dora's father claimed that his daughter had inherited his stubbornness, Freud observed on other occasions he tried to put the chief blame for Dora's impossible behaviour on her mother—whose peculiarities made the house unbearable for every one.
